A “frightened” mum says she is worried about her son’s safety at a Hull secondary school after he allegedly witnessed “two girls punching the s*** out of each other” in the playground.

The 43-year-old, who does not want to be named, says her 11-year-old son, who is a pupil at Malet Lambert School, called her at lunchtime on Tuesday to tell her about the fight, which he claims happened shortly after midday on January 22.

“For such young children it is concerning for them to be witness to that.

“I feel worried and I am concerned for my son’s safety. You think ‘is my son safe?’ and it is quite frightening.

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“I think it was a bit of a shock for him, especially considering he felt he had to ring his mum and dad

A Malet Lambert spokesman confirmed that while there was an argument in the playground on Tuesday, it was dealt with swiftly and an isolated incident. They said: "There was a brief confrontation between two pupils today which our CCTV shows lasted 2 seconds before being stopped by duty staff. Both girls involved have been spoken to and dealt with in accordance to school policy."

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They reassured the public the incident was "isolated" although was seen by "a number of people".

Following the fight, headteacher Patrick Sprakes said the school takes anything involving its students seriously. He said: "The school takes any incident involving its pupils (on or off school grounds) very seriously and we will be liaising with the police in order to establish what has happened.”

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